tunguz laments civilization's fate rests on a few who think San Francisco is humanity's peak
max_paperclips · x · 2026-09-08
ML researcher tunguz posted that the fate of human civilization is currently in the hands of a handful of people who believe San Francisco is the pinnacle of human civilization — a sentiment he finds depressing. The one-liner captures a widespread unease about AI power being concentrated in a small group of Bay Area lab leaders.
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